Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-21
THE DOMEsrlC D0CroR,
American Rural Home.


Nothing 10 better for . sore thro.,
than . eargls Of salt and water II mav
% used - often ~ desired, and n 4 III.
~: 70 swallowed each time IL Il used Il
ton. ' "i'ss
Tho best time for q warm hath 4. =,
night, shortly before retiring. ~ the r.
lexine Of the system opens tho wsy for
coi9s many serious cold II brou oht
on oy exposure after warm bath.
"A Philsdelphia physician SAWS mucb
OF what passes for heart dises :. IA oni.
milo dyspepsia, that nsr vousness IA com
monty DAD temper. and that two thirds
OF the so-oalled malaria IL nothing Int
lasiRess. ""'
Little rcd points shout the sIse Of a
pms head CLOSELY dotted over the skin
Iorm the characteristic eruption of scar.
lot tever. At first the redness n not
very marked, but later becomes ouite
brilliant. The face IL not affected e.
@ucn ~ tne rest Of the body, bot with
THIS exception the breaking out 10 equal
~ sfresd over the whole surface OF the
Dooy. IN the moro severe cases the red :.
ness OF THESE points run together, and .
general scarlet blush OF the whole akin
f'solts; the moro severe the case she
moro IL tenso the redneas.
DR.. Arthur Psarce reports in the
British Medical Journal Q case Of poi.
eoninR ~ IN Antlin pencil. The Sub.
lect bad use0 the pencil 70 push ont .
fang OF tooth left after an extraction
made . few Gays previously. Some
hours After he was seised with vsmit-
Ing and pureins, and just before the
doctor saw him he was said 70 have
mad an epilepttform ft When seen be
WAS In . stats OF partial collapse, veAt
Ing and almost Dulseless. He had
vomited, and suffered severely from
ciarrf 1 !, not Ia ANY way characteris-
tic. A Stint laut stom achio was given
with two grains OF gray powder and Eve
OF compound tpecacuAnbA powder,
every four hours. On seeing him the
next morning It was found that he had
revived, and had been sick after every
powder, vomi log some blue LIQUID,
unfortunately thrown away. II was
not until thon thSt the cause OF the
trouble was discovered. Tho patient
recovered In few dAys.
The monthly Magazine london
reports DR.. Graham % saying that It 10
not correct practice, after . cold is|
caught, to make the room . perSon sits
In much warmer than usual, TO iUcrease
the quantity OF bed cloi hes, wrap up In
flannel and drink . large quantity OIL
hot tea. Cruel or other Stops, becsuse it|
will Invariably increase the fever ish
ness, aud IN the majority Of Instances,
prolong rather than Lessen the duration
OF the cold. 1t IL we'll known tina; CON
inning inoculakd persons In warm
rooms will make their smallpox more
violent, by sugmeniinR the general heat
and fever: and II 10 for the same reason
that . similar practice In the present
complaint 10 attended with Analogous
results, o cold being In reality . slight
lever. In soma parts OF Bng and,
among the lower order Of the people, .
large glsss Of cold spring water, taken |
on going TO BID, 10 found TO be . .uo.
cessful remedy. and In fact many
medical practitioner recommended .
reduced atmosphere and frequent
dlaushts OF cold fluid NJ . most .ffica
CLIQUE remedy for . recent cold, par
lieu larly when the patients habit Isl
full and plethorio.